What about Pluto?

BUSTED! Pluto IS A Planet!

By:

Emily Bowman
Kourtnei Bryant
Anna Dziwanowski
Steven White

Plants	Dwarf
Planets has a massive spherical natural object that orbits around a central star.	Dwarf planets only have to be round.
Planets lie close to the same plane as Earth's, known as the ecliptic plane.	Dwarf planets don't have a cleared neighborhood around its orbit.
Planets must orbit the sun.	Dwarf planets share its orbital space with other bodies of a similar size.
Planets must be big enough for gravity to squash it into a round ball.	Dwarf planets don't become gravitationally dominant.
Planets must have cleared other things out of the way in its orbital neighborhood.	Dwarf planets have polar caps and regions of frozen methane and nitrogen.
The names of the planets themselves reflect the names of ancient gods.	Dwarf planets are not a satellite of another planet
Planets are celestial body that is in orbit around the Sun, also has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body foroces.	Dwarf planets are not considered a subset of planets.

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